The broad aim of this research was to assess the decision-usefulness of environmental reports produced by South African companies that are listed on the Johanessburg Securities Exchange (JSE) to users of the reports. The study was motivated by a lack of research on the decision-usefulness of environmental reports in South Africa. The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase in form of a content analysis evaluated the decision-usefulness of the environmental reports of top 100 JSE-listed South African companies using a control list and a judgement scale. The second phase in form of a questionnaire survey was aimed at determining, the information needs of users of environmental reports produced by South African companies (that are listed on the JSE), the extent to which they read and employ the reports for making decisions. In addition, this phase was meant to ascertain the degree of users' satisfaction with the decision-usefulness of the environmental reports as well as elicit their suggestions on ways of improving the reports. Furthermore, the second phase was aimed at determining the users’ perception of the relative importance of environmental reports as well as ascertaining whether there was an expectation gap between the users and the preparers of the reports with regard to their decision-usefulness. The results of the content analysis phase of the study indicate that the environmental reports of the sampled companies were decision-useful, however their decision-usefulness varied widely. Although decision-useful, the environmental reports of the sampled companies were not comparable. In addition, the environmental reports of companies from sectors with a significant impact on the environment, and those of large companies were more decision-useful than the reports of companies from sectors with an insignificant impact on the environment and those of smaller companies. The results of the questionnaire survey phase of the study indicate that users prefer balanced environmental reports that disclose both negative and positive aspects that identify and describe key relevant issues, that are specific and contain accurate information, and that provide future oriented information. In addition, users prefer environmental reports that identify and address key stakeholders and their concerns, demonstrate the integration of environmental issues into core business processes, and that compare quantitative impacts against best practice. Furthermore, the results also indicate that users do read environmental reports, mostly from companies’ websites Portable Document Format (PDF) annual reports and that they mostly use the environmental reports for research, their own knowledge, and to hold companies accountable. However, users are not fully satisfied with the decision-usefulness of the environmental reports as they feel that there is a need to improve the reports in order to make them more decision-useful. The results also indicate that users perceive environmental reports to be more important than any other type of reports, most notably the financial reports. Comparing the responses of the users to those of preparers on various issues pertaining to the decision-usefulness of environmental reports, significant differences were found between the views of the two groups. These differences provide ample evidence that is consistent with the existence of an environmental reporting expectation gap in South Africa. This study makes several original contributions to environmental reporting literature, most notable of which is that, it is the first study in the South African context to empirically evaluate the quality (decision-usefulness) of environmental reports in line with the accounting conceptual frameworks and the GRI guidelines combined. By so doing, the study introduces to the academic literature an extensive five dimensional qualitative characteristic framework for evaluating the quality (decision-usefulness) of environmental reports. In addition, the study uniquely employs the decision-usefulness theory to provide insights into the environmental reporting practices of South African companies that are listed on the JSE. In so doing, it re-contextualises the theory that is typically employed in explaining financial reporting, and demonstrates its applicability in explaining the decision-usefulness of the environmental reporting practices of South African companies that are listed on the JSE. / Accounting / D. Com. (Accounting)

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are required or permitted for use in over 100 countries across the world. IFRS are developed by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The IASB, with no formal or legal mandate, is performing a task normally reserved for national standard-setters. This study sought to establish the legitimacy of IFRS by assessing the due process of the IASB. The study established that countries have different motivations for choosing IFRS which raises legitimacy concerns. The global financial crisis compounded the legitimacy challenges of IFRS by exposing due process vulnerabilities. The study established that the IFRS governance structures are dominated by powerful stakeholders especially members of the G-20. Although the due process procedures provide opportunities for participation, actual participation is still dominated by constituents from Europe. Africa and South America still account for very low proportions of governance seats and participants in standard-setting projects. / Financial Accounting / M. Com. (Accounting)

隨著資訊科技的發展，會計資訊變得更具即時性與可及性。會計資訊的提供者可利用自動化系統即時產出財務報告，並進行線上財務報導；而會計資訊的需求者，也可利用網際網路不受時空限制的特性，擷取所需的資訊。會計資訊的及時性品質獲得重大改善，而針對異質性的資訊需求者，用更低成本的方式滿足其多元需求的可能性也大為增加。XBRL可說是近年來會計與資訊科技結合的一項重要進展。本論文將以我國會計資訊市場為背景，採用XBRL及其他相關資訊技術，開發出一套能提供異質性會計資訊使用者閱讀及查詢XBRL格式文件之資訊系統。 本研究以圍繞標準財務報導之客製化（Customization Around Standard Report, CASR）架構為藍本，並與客製化報導（Customized Financial Reporting, CFR）理論結合，完成以XBRL為資料格式的客製化財務報導系統（Customized Financial Reporting System, CFRS），俾驗證XBRL在我國會計資訊市場之技術可行性，並為異質性的資訊使用者創造附加價值。在外觀客製化方面，係透過客製化樣版的設計而達成；內容客製化的部分，則因採用XBRL資料格式及CFRS的系統功能，而實現並延伸了部分的內容客製化面向。 / Accounting information has become real-time and more accessible with the development of information technology. Providers of accounting information can use automatic systems to produce real-time financial reports and distribute them on the Internet; and users of accounting information can extract data freely from WWW (World Wide Web). Consequently, the timeliness of accounting information is greatly improved, and heterogeneous information users’ various demands could be satisfied. XBRL is an important achievement on the integration of accounting and information technology in the past few years. This paper uses XBRL and other information techniques to develop an XBRL-based information system for the heterogeneous users of Taiwan accounting information market to read and inquire XBRL documents. Our research is based on the architecture of the Customization Around Standard Report (CASR) model under the Customized Financial Reporting (CFR) theory. We have developed the Customized Financial Reporting System (CFRS) to verify the technical feasibility of XBRL in Taiwan accounting information market, and to create values for heterogeneous information users. We use customized style sheets for the customized presentation of accounting information, and implement several dimensions of content customization by using XBRL and CFRS’ s functionalities.

Financial reporting fraud leads to not only significant investment risks for external stockholders, but also financial crises for the capital market. Although the issue of fraudulent financial reporting has drawn much attention, relevant research is much less than issues of predicting financial distress or bankruptcy. Furthermore, one purpose of exploring the financial reporting fraud with various forms is to obtain a better understand of the corporate through investigating its financial and corporate governance indicators. This study addresses the challenge with proposing an approach with the following four phases: (1) to identify a set of financial and corporate governance indicators that are significantly correlated with the financial reporting fraud; (2) to use the Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Map (GHSOM) to cluster the normal and fraud listed corporate data; (3) to extract knowledge about the financial reporting fraud through observing the hierarchical relationship displayed in the trained GHSOM; and (4) to make the justification of the extracted knowledge. The proposed approach is feasible because researchers claim that the GHSOM can discover the hidden hierarchical relationship from data with high dimensionality.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luiz Henrique Valerio.pdf: 823907 bytes, checksum: 6ca8bd9d955c007eb4b9b6590f57ee4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-30 / The increasing adoption of the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) is the result of changes occurred in the last two decades, economy globalization, and the development of international markets. Due to the increased demand for information that allows foreign investors to compare the results of its investments in several companies of different countries with different standards, the adoption of a single accounting standard, globally accepted, became necessary. The International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) was responsible for the preparation of international standards whose process of convergence is already occurring in over 100 countries worldwide. Brazil, with the enactment of Law 11638/07, effective beginning as of January 1, 2008, and subsequent amendments introduced by Law 11941/09, took an important step in the convergence of its standards with international standards through the creation of the Accounting Pronouncements Committee (CPC), agency responsible for the issuance of accounting pronouncements in accordance with IFRS. IFRS 1, denominated First-Time Adoption, refers to the requirements for the first year the company discloses its financial statements pursuant to local accounting standards and IFRS. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to verify whether in the air transportation industry, the first-time adoption of IFRS 1 resulted in significant changes in the main financial indicators and which are the impacts of IFRS adoption to the organization as a whole. For this, a research methodology that contemplates the study of an exploratory multiple case with a direct study of the companies information was chosen to characterize it and obtain the required data for the research. The comparative analysis of the financial statements of the companies that are the object of this study and the results obtained from the questionnaire and interviews indicated that financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS present a higher disclosure level than those financial statements prepared in accordance with BRGAAP. We concluded that the adoption of IFRS impacts not only financial indicators, but several processes and controls of the companies as a whole / A adoção crescente das normas internacionais de contabilidade (IFRS) é o reflexo das mudanças ocorridas nas últimas duas décadas, no processo de globalização da economia e do desenvolvimento dos mercados internacionais. Em função do aumento da demanda por informações, que permitam ao investidor estrangeiro comparar o resultado dos seus investimentos entre empresas de diferentes países e diferentes normas, se fez necessário a adoção de um padrão único de contabilidade aceito mundialmente. O IASB (International Accounting Standard Board) ficou responsável pela elaboração de normas internacionais que já estão em processo de convergência em mais de 100 países em todo o mundo. No Brasil com a publicação da Lei nº 11.638/07, vigorando a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2008 e, posteriormente, com as alterações emanadas da Lei nº 11.941/09, deu-se um importante passo no processo de convergência de suas normas com os padrões internacionais, por meio da criação do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (CPC), órgão responsável pela emissão de pronunciamentos contábeis em consonância com as IFRS. A IFRS 1, denominada First-Time Adoption refere se aos requisitos a serem observados no primeiro exercício em que a empresa publica as suas demonstrações financeiras, em norma contábil local e em IFRS. Com esta justificativa, este estudo tem por objetivo verificar se no ramo de transporte aéreo, com a primeira adoção das normas internacionais IFRS 1 First-Time Adoption, houve mudanças significativas, nos principais indicadores econômico-financeiros e quais os impactos da adoção do IFRS para a organização como um todo. Para tanto foi escolhida metodologia de pesquisa que contempla estudo de caso múltiplo exploratório que contempla um estudo direto com as informações das empresas para sua caracterização e obtenção dos dados necessários à pesquisa. A análise comparativa das demonstrações financeiras das empresas objeto deste estudo e dos resultados obtidos pelo questionário e entrevistas apontam que as demonstrações financeiras preparadas de acordo com as IFRS apresentam um nível de divulgação maior quando comparadas com as demonstrações financeiras em BR-GAAP. A conclusão obtida é que o processo de adoção do IFRS gera impactos não só nos indicadores econômico-financeiros, mas também impactos em diversos processos e controles das companhias como um todo

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Victor Hugo Cesar Bagnati.pdf: 1219433 bytes, checksum: b1d30c6fdd4234bf373df016384348e4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-17 / The purpose of this paper is to analyze the changes in IFRS4 as proposed by IASB and to make a contribution in the discussions about the challenges for implementing it in Brazil. An insurance company is a financial entity, picking up, in advance, resources from the public against future guarantee. On the other side, similar risks affecting banks also threatens insurance companies. Due to the role of banking activities in the economy, operational and solvency rules were established for financial entities based on enterprise risk management approach, there are the rules of Basel I and II. Similar requirements guided the insurance market, the so called Solvency I and II. At the same time, international organizations have been up-dating the accounting principles and the financial reports to the new dynamic and new financial instruments, so in 2008, the IASB published the consolidated standards, IFRS, including rules for insurance contracts accounting. Actions already taken and forthcoming are implemented in world scale, no more solely in one country, is the globalization of accounting principles. The implementation of IRFS4 has also other advantages as to facilitate the comparison of financial situation between Brazilian companies and also to other markets. The Brazilian Commissioner SUSEP, had been following the international practice, introducing them, gradually, in the Brazilian Insurance Market. According the opinions of specialist in these matters, recently interviewed, and as result of the interpretation of their comments, the new rules will, no doubt, will impact in company reporting both from the qualitative and quantitative points of view. About the qualitative side, are strong expectations that future financial reports, prepared under new accounting rules allows the users of the information to clearly understand the type of risks underwrites by the entities. While, from the quantitative side, valuation of assets and liabilities, based on concepts of fair value and present value of future cash flows, will impact in the calculation of the net worth, and consequently in the solvency of the entity. If the new accounting rules for insurance contracts issued by SUSEP, following most of the CPC11, demonstrates the difficulties to implement some concepts, as an example, the reporting of reinsurance operations, surely, the phase II of IFRS4 will bring to the market more troubles. On the other side, according the same experts, to achieve satisfactory results it will be necessary that, both actuaries and accountants, working hard together, in order to understand and apply the accounting rules in a correct way / O presente trabalho tem por objetivos analisar a proposta do IASB de alteração do pronunciamento IFRS4 e contribuir para a discussão dos principais desafios para a sua aplicação no Brasil. Uma entidade seguradora é uma instituição financeira, captando recursos dos clientes em troca de uma garantia futura, de modo que, essas entidades estão sujeitas a riscos semelhantes aos que ameaçam os bancos. Devido à importância da atividade bancária na economia foram estabelecidas normas operacionais e de solvência para essas entidades, com foco na gestão de riscos (ERM), são as chamadas regras Basiléia I e II. As seguradoras são alcançadas por regras similares: Solvência I e II. Em paralelo, os órgãos contábeis internacionais foram adaptando os princípios e as demonstrações à nova dinâmica do mercado e aos novos instrumentos financeiros, assim sendo, em 2008, o IASB publica o texto consolidado das IFRS, com regras para contabilização dos contratos de seguros, dentre outros itens. Todas as ações realizadas e as que estão por vir o são em escala mundial, já não mais são exclusivamente de um país ou realizadas de forma isolada: é a globalização da informação contábil. É claro que a adoção pelo Brasil das regras IFRS, facilitará a comparação da situação patrimonial e dos resultados não só entre as entidades locais, como também com outros mercados seguradores. No mercado segurador brasileiro, a Superintendência de Seguros Privados vem acompanhando as normas internacionais, incorporando-as, gradualmente, às práticas locais. Como é evidenciado através da pesquisa realizada, e com mais clareza, pela leitura e interpretação das entrevistas com especialistas nesta matéria, as novas regras terão, sem dúvida, impacto significativo nas demonstrações contábeis tanto do ponto de vista qualitativo quanto do ponto de vista quantitativo. No que diz respeito a qualidade, a expectativa é que as futuras demonstrações contábeis sejam mais esclarecedoras para os usuários dessa informação, no que diz respeito a divulgação dos riscos assumidos pelas entidades. Pelo lado quantitativo, a avaliação dos ativos financeiros e dos passivos da operação, com base no valor justo e o valor presente dos fluxos futuros, impactarão no patrimônio líquido das entidades e consequentemente na determinação da sua solvência. Se a norma contábil da Superintendência, que adota grande parte do pronunciamento CPC nº 11, sobre contratos de seguros, cujo cumprimento é exigido a partir de 2011, mostrou as dificuldades da aplicação de alguns conceitos, como por exemplo, o da apresentação da operação de resseguro, imagina-se que a futura norma, provavelmente bem próxima ao IFRS4 (fase II) vai trazer maiores dificuldades. Entretanto, em opinião dos especialistas que participaram das entrevistas, para alcançar resultados satisfatórios, será necessário que atuários e contadores se preparem de forma coordenada, no intuito de poder interpreta-las e aplica-las corretamente

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciano Aparecido dos Santos.pdf: 931046 bytes, checksum: 9a7552d3cb9b9621ebbb5cf772fb8851 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-06 / As a reflex of the changes happened in the last decades in the process of globalization of the economy and of the development of the international markets, it was necessary a change in the process of generation of the accounting information in which accounting has been pressed by the demands of new markets, its potential investors and analysts to supply financial statements in an efficient and effective way for the best interpretation and decision in this market in high performance. As we insert the accounting in this globalization context, the accounting information becomes more and more relevant and of great importance in the decision process. Faced with the economic globalization of the markets, it is necessary the adoption of rules and accounting patterns globally used and accepted, allowing a comparative of the accounting information for the decisorial process. The IASB (International Accounting Standard Board) was responsible for the elaboration of international rules already in convergence process in more than 100 countries all over the world. In Brazil, with the publication of the Law number 11.638/07, being in force from January 1st, 2008, and later with the changes coming from the Law number 11.941/09, there was an important step in the process of convergence of their rules with the international patterns through the creation of the Committee of Accounting Pronouncements (CPC), responsible organ for the emission of accounting pronouncements in consonance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This study aims to identify the materiality of the impacts of the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in financial statements and in companies performance, presenting the significant differences in accounts of Balance Sheet and of Incoming Statement, aiming to answer to the central question: Has the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) generated impact on Equity and Profit and Loss Statement of the open capital entities listed in BOVESPA, Air Transport segment? To such purpose, it was chosen the methodology of research and of exploratory nature with descriptive studies, which provides to the researcher a larger inclusion of the occurred facts in relation to a direct research. The comparative analysis of the financial statements of the companies object of this study demonstrates that the financial statements elaborated in agreement with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) present a larger level of disclosure when compared with the old adopted pattern BR GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). The obtained conclusion is that the process of adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has generated impacts in the Equity and Profit and Loss Statement and in several processes and controls of the companies object of this study / Como reflexo das mudanças ocorridas nas últimas décadas no processo de globalização da economia e do desenvolvimento dos mercados internacionais, fez-se necessário uma mudança no processo de geração das informações contábeis, em que a contabilidade tem sido pressionada por meio das exigências dos novos mercados, seus potenciais investidores e analistas a fornecer demonstrações contábeis de forma eficiente e eficaz para a melhor interpretação e tomada de decisões neste mercado em alta performance. Ao inserirmos a contabilidade neste contexto de globalização, a informação contábil torna-se cada vez mais relevante e de suma importância no processo decisório. Frente à globalização econômica dos mercados, faz-se necessária a adoção de normas e padrões contábeis utilizados e aceitos mundialmente, permitindo um comparativo das informações contábeis para o processo decisorial. O IASB (International Accounting Standard Board) ficou responsável pela elaboração de normas internacionais que já estão em processo de convergência em mais de 100 países em todo o mundo. No Brasil, com a publicação da Lei n.º 11.638/07, vigorando a partir de 1.º de janeiro de 2008, e, posteriormente, com as alterações emanadas da Lei n.º 11.941/09, deu-se um importante passo no processo de convergência de suas normas com os padrões internacionais por meio da criação do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (CPC), órgão responsável pela emissão de pronunciamentos contábeis em consonância com as Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRS). O estudo tem por objetivo identificar a materialidade dos impactos da adoção das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRS) nas demonstrações contábeis e no desempenho das empresas, apresentando as diferenças significativas em contas do Balanço Patrimonial e da Demonstração de Resultados, buscando responder à questão-problema: A adoção das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRS) gerou impacto no Patrimônio Líquido e no Resultado do Exercício das Entidades de capital aberto listadas na BOVESPA do segmento de Transporte Aéreos? Para tanto, foi escolhida a metodologia de pesquisa de natureza exploratória com estudos descritivos, que proporciona ao pesquisador uma maior cobertura dos fatos ocorridos em relação a uma pesquisa direta. A análise comparativa das demonstrações contábeis das empresas-objeto deste estudo evidencia que as demonstrações financeiras elaboradas de acordo com os padrões IFRS apresentam um nível de divulgação maior quando comparadas com o antigo padrão adotado BR GAAP. A conclusão obtida é que o processo de adoção das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRS) gerou impactos no Patrimônio Líquido e no Resultado do Exercício e em diversos processos e controles das empresas-objeto de estudo

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciano Evangelista Pereira.pdf: 1884847 bytes, checksum: a38f92522c5c2d9c323d24808e4147c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-21 / The constitution of the Accounting Pronouncements Committee (CPC) followed by Laws 11.638/2007 and 11.941/2009 resulted in a very important moment in Brazilian accounting. The approval of these laws, especially the Law 11.638/07 represented a landmark in the convergence process of Brazilian Accounting Standards (BRGAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) of the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB), the European entity responsible for issuing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) that have been adopted in more than 100 countries worldwide. All these efforts together with the internationalization of capital markets and economic growth an accelerated made Brazil a target for potential foreign investors and market analysts who use accounting information for investment analysis. The IFRS adoption in Brazil caused significant impacts on the financial statements of Brazilian companies, upon of adoption by pronouncement CPC 37 equivalent as IFRS 1 of IASB. The present study aims to investigate the overall impacts of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the Income Statement of seven companies that comprise the retail segment of textiles, apparel and footwear, as specific objectives to ascertain the impact of the adoption of IFRS on financial statements of the research object, based on your notes and present effects the Income Statement, through a comparison of the main rules that affected the first adoption, as well to answer the central question: What the impacts the process of the IFRS adoption on the Income Statement of companies that comprise the retail segment of textiles, apparel and footwear with shares on the BM&F-BOVESPA?. The research result shows that the process of adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) generated impacts primarily by reclassifying income for the year 2009 for the comparative basis of the first IFRS financial statements published by the companies under study / A constituição do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (CPC), seguida pelas Leis 11.638/2007 e 11.941/2009 resultaram em importante momento na contabilidade brasileira. A aprovação das referidas leis, em especial a Lei 11.638/07 representou o marco inicial do processo de convergência das normas brasileiras de contabilidade (BRGAAP) para as normas internacionais de contabilidade (IFRS) do International Accounting Standard Board (IASB), entidade europeia responsável pela emissão das International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) que já foram adotadas em mais de 100 países em todo o mundo. Todos esses esforços, em conjunto com a internacionalização dos mercados de capitais e o crescimento da economia de forma acelerada, fizeram do Brasil um país alvo de potenciais investidores estrangeiros e analistas de mercado que utilizam as informações contábeis para análise de investimentos. A adoção das IFRS como padrão de contabilidade no Brasil causou impactos significativos nas demonstrações contábeis das empresas brasileiras, quando de sua adoção pelo Pronunciamento CPC 37 equivalente a IFRS 1 do IASB. O presente estudo tem por objetivo geral apurar os impactos da adoção das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRS) no Resultado do Exercício das sete empresas que compõem o segmento varejista de tecidos, vestuário e calçados e, como objetivos específicos averiguar os impactos da adoção das IFRS nas demonstrações financeiras das empresas objeto da pesquisa, com base nas suas notas explicativas e apresentar os efeitos nos resultados, por meio de um comparativo das principais normas que afetaram a primeira adoção, bem como responder à seguinte questão problema: Quais os impactos causados pelo processo de adoção das IFRS no resultado das empresas do segmento varejista de tecidos, vestuário e calçados com ações na BM&F-BOVESPA? O resultado da pesquisa mostrou que o processo de adoção das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRS) gerou impactos principalmente pela reclassificação do Resultado do Exercício de 2009 para a base comparativa das primeiras demonstrações financeiras em IFRS, publicadas pelas empresas objeto de estudo

In the Czech Republic, half of the infrastructure network is still missing. Moreover, in the past, Dutch and Czech road infrastructure projects have been delivered over-budget and rarely on schedule. Despite a weak fiscal position in the Czech Republic there is still a need for infrastructure investments. Solution for mentioned issues can become the realization of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects. The features (for instance the payment mechanism) of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects not only make these investments possible but also solve other problems mentioned. Both the Netherlands (NL) and the Czech Republic (CR) have already established an environment enabling PPP implementation (e.g. established PPP Units, methodologies, dealing with legislation); But despite many PPP projects being carried out on the municipality level, there is not even one PPP project being implemented on the national level in the CR. This is in contrast to the NL, where there is already a developed PPP market, and there is investment in several new national projects every year. How can the CR improve its PPP implementation policy? The answer to this question provides the final recommendations based on the Dutch PPP practice within this Master's thesis. Learning from mistakes of the other countries, in this case it is the Netherlands, may provide for higher effectiveness in the PPP implementation and in the faster adaptation or improvement of the current partnerships. To elaborate the thesis it has been used interviews, questionnaire and several primary and secondary sources, that have been available in czech, dutch and english languages. The main contributors to the development of this thesis have been the experts from the Dutch PPP Unit at Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and the experts from the UNECE, who commented on the results and enabled application of the UN National PPP Readiness Self-Assessment tool to enhance the quality of the thesis. Other contributors are experts from PPP Centre at Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, PPP Association, Czech Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Finance. The tools, recommendations, as well as the PPP maturity Pyramid occurring within the Master's thesis can be applied not only for the further development of the PPP implementation in the Czech Republic, but also in other Eastern European countries. General recommendations arose by comparing practices of both the CR and the NL with respect to the UNECE's criteria. The all recommendations have been shown for clarity in terms of political, practical and procurement level. This comparison has practically enabled to point out the strengths and weaknesses of PPP projects in the CR and NL. Dutch experience has served as a source of considerable information that can make the practical implementation of Czech PPP projects much easier. As a part of the final conclusions of the thesis can be considered a PPP Maturity Pyramid, which schematically describes the current position of both countries due to the successful use of PPP projects. Basically, both countries have already passed "Bad" experience with PPP projects, have produced suitable environment and conditions for their use, but the next step is very important for the successful implementation of PPP projects in the CR. Based on the political support (considered as an essential factor), it is necessary to learn from the past mistakes and start with the practical realization of simple projects (from the beginning) that can be the basis for a standardization and a practical application of PPP projects in the future.

The master‘s thesis is focused on defining the differences between Czech Accounting Legislation and International Financial Reporting Standards. The theoretical part defines IAS/IFRS, its development and significance at the international level. It deals with rules and requirements that are set out in the financial reporting framework and also in IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. The differences concerning the reporting of a paricular field of accounting are also described in the theoretical part. The practical part follows up the analysis of the selected company and application requirements of IAS/IFRS on selected items of business corporations. Thanks to the application of the requirements, a statement of financial position and a statement of comprehensive income are proposed in accordance with the rules of IAS/IFRS. Procedural steps which are necessary for the first adoption of IAS/IFRS are covered in the last chapter of the master thesis.